The move to isolating positive cases in Waikato when they appear is a first and will free up space in Auckland as case numbers grow.

Experts needed to put the finishing touches on the $475m Te Pae convention centre in Christchurch are stuck in Auckland due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.

Consultants told the board overseeing Christchurch's central city stadium project in June that construction costs could “realistically” escalate by up to 6 per cent.

Despite offers from a local environmental group to rewet the drained peatland, the council is citing fire risk as motivation to return the land to grazing.

Even planned spending won't help some parts of the capital city as the climate crisis bears down.

Pipes retrieved from bomb-destroyed buildings in England during World War II are now being used in an Invercargill church organ, known as The Blitz.

Police investigating after man stabbed four times while walking in Flaxmere.

NZ's top Catholic has asked the Vatican to launch an inquiry into the handling of complaints about a priest who groomed a teenage girl.

The police Eagle helicopter was used to watch the car, as it was driven through West Auckland, Central Auckland and North Shore with a gun inside.

A police review has found that an enquiry that failed to gather fingerprints or CCTV and didn't speak to a key witness for six months was well investigated.

The inability to see sick loved ones, attend funerals, residency delays and continued lockdowns — just some reasons migrants are rethinking NZ.

A spokesman for the popular Mt Hutt ski field has confirmed a man died while skiing on an intermediate groomed trail on Sunday.

Locations span Auckland, Hamilton, Raglan and now Ngatea, after a person who moved from Auckland to the Bay of Plenty town tested positive for Covid-19.

The first weekend of Inglewood’s newest attraction was in full swing, with hundreds of mini-putters taking to the faux green.

Police were called to a multi-car crash in Windsor Park, in Auckland's Mairangi Bay, around 3pm Sunday afternoon.

The clinics were held at the TSB Stadium in New Plymouth on Friday and Saturday, and at the TSB Hub in Hāwera on Sunday.

While the rise was expected, every unlinked case will lead to even more cases, and increase chances of people falling seriously ill or potentially dying.

Poppy Coleman emulated her sister Charlotte as a winning Springston Trophy rider when the Kaiapoi Black team won the prestigious event on Sunday.

Fiji Airways is returning to NZ, but travellers will need to be fully vaccinated and have an MIQ spot booked for their return.

Rebecca once owned a home where she lived with her husband and two children. But when her marriage ended, she gradually spiralled down into homelessness.